USN-4644-1: igraph vulnerability

Publication date

27 November 2020

Overview

igraph could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • igraph - a library for creating and manipulating graphs

Details

It was discovered that igraph mishandled certain malformed XML. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash).

It was discovered that igraph mishandled certain malformed XML. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash).

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic libigraph0v5 –  0.7.1-2.1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial libigraph0v5 –  0.7.1-2.1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

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